Growing Resilience Through Food!
One of the ways that Covid-19 has influenced our lives is through disruption of our food systems. Supply chains were disturbed causing delays, processing plants were shut down, there was…
Resilient Streets
“Far Aparties”: physically distanced gatherings with neighbours
As Canadians we tend to cocoon over the winter and once the weather gets sunny many of us cannot wait to get out and socialize with our friends and neighbours….
Neighbour-to-Neighbour Activities to Keep Building Those Resilience Muscles While Physical Distancing
At Building Resilient Neighbourhoods, we often talk about community resilience as a set of “muscles” we can intentionally develop that will help us pro-actively respond and adapt to different shocks…
Featured | Learning Resources | Other Resources | Resilience | Resilient Streets | Social Cohesion | Toolkits
Resident Animators Guide for Multi-unit Buildings
The Hey Neighbour Collective (in which Building Resilient Neighbourhoods is a partner) has produced a handy “Resident Animators Guide ” to help “bring community to life” in the apartment, condominium,…
Connect & Prepare – Call for Expressions of Interest
We are inviting groups of neighbours living on the same street or in the same buildings or building complexes to be part of an exciting new program called “Connect…
The Connect & Prepare Program
Together, We Can Build the Future of Emergency Preparedness The Challenge British Columbians are vulnerable to earthquakes, wildfires, floods, tsunamis, changing climate and severe weather. Many of us are also…
“Hey Neighbour”: Vancouver Visits Social Connectedness in Multi-Unit Dwellings
The City of Vancouver, BC recently took forty developers, property managers, architects and planners to visit eight sites that showcased friendly, sociable multi-unit buildings. It marked “the start of strong…
How to Create a Vertical Village
The Transition Network’s Caring Collaborative produced a manual for helping create closer social ties and a greater experience of community in apartments and condominium buildings. Here’s a brief excerpt below,…
TEDx: Take a Street and Build a Community
How well do you know your neighbours? Suburban life is often isolating and rarely a true community experience. In this TEDx talk about Hulbert Street in Perth, Australia, Shani Graham…
Resilient Streets Resources
Read about Resilient Streets and find all of our BRN resources and tools here.
Resilient Streets Micro-grants
PLEASE NOTE: WE ARE NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING NEW MICRO-GRANT APPLICATIONS as this program has been fully subscribed. Please sign up for our mailing list to be notified of future calls…
Visit McCaskill Street – Forging Community Through Resource Sharing
Peak Moment Television has produced a 20-minute video about the pioneering Transition Streets project on McCaskill Street that occurred right here in Victoria, British Columbia, and is still going! Click…